Architects can do the following:
1. Speak at elementary, middle, and high schools on career day.
2. Commit to sponsorship of black youth in STEAM programs and camps.
3. Serve of community boards in black Communities.
4. Take a very public stance supporting Black Lives Matter.
5. Speak up every time you see or hear racism
6. Be brave. Practice courage. Do the hard work. Help black people live.
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R. Everson Assoc. AIA, LEED AP
Washington DC
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-16-2020 17:30
From: Judith Wasserman
Subject: Cities in a new age: What policing could look like.
Well-stated. Other than participating in community activities that all residents join in, what can architect do as architects? The Baltimore Community Police Station was one example.
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Judith Wasserman AIA
Bressack & Wasserman
Palo Alto CA
Original Message:
Sent: 06-15-2020 17:23
From: Nikolaus Philipsen
Subject: Cities in a new age: What policing could look like.
Corona has turned the world upside down in less than half of a year. How will things be next year? The shut-down of almost all travel has led to much local introspection. With many activities on hold, we see like under a magnifying glass how our society really ticks. This gave the George Floyd death such momentum. In a series of investigations I will ask today how the US polices its communities. It has long been a topic, but it has come back with unprecedented urgency. Never before have I seen this nation look at its problems in this unflinching manner.
"In recognizing the humanity in our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute." (Thurgood Marshall, inscription on the steps of the Western Police Station in West Baltimore)
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The ultimate militarization of police: June 1 on 16th Street in DC |
In the late 1980s, when there was much talk about "community policing", I had lived only a short time in America when I looked down from the conference room an architecture office in downtown Baltimore because I heard a women screaming. She was, it turned out, berating a tow truck driver who had just hitched her car to his truck. When she kept insisting to get her car back he called "Baltimore's finest" who after some back and forth escalated the situation by laying hand on the woman, putting....
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[Klaus] Philipsen FAIA
Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
Baltimore MD
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